Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
The Gals television broadcasting satellite, originally expected to be launched by December, 1990, was designed to support a variety of direct broadcast customers, including professional broadcasting firms (having antenna 2.5 m in diameter), community associations (receiving antenna 1.5 m), and individuals (receiving antenna 0.6-0.9 m). The year 1994 marked the long awaited debut of the first of the next-generation Russian geosynchronous communications satellites.
